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THE OMAHA SUNDAY .BEE:, AUGUST 23, 191. I I - I I ! - Ml, .... - i ' .juuni laui ..Li JIMJUU 1 OJl'IkkUt, , , Ml will be one of the prime aims of the i The Piano is the basis .- .. of good music, therefore it is no wonder the Gayety chose lano neede 1 r Z llSI . .. I f A' YF If Y IT IS ART TO FIND PLAYERS Reply is Made to President Ebbets : of tae Broowyn xeam. 0H1Y 4 SYSTEM WITH KESTJLTS the PUyer r tat ne Who Ce Out While ColIee Are Chance. 1 Mheon, ' ' Collins and Stahl. 7X - Vera. George 8 To provide the high class ; 1 1 GO bd . 1 i?D 1 " ' Kirw.TORK. Aug. 24.That wall from President Ebbets of ihe Brooklyn Base ball club regarding the spending of much money on new players only to nave me latter turn out badly doubtless arises pri marily from a blrd'seye view or tnose teams that have been picking up young collegians and making good with them at small Initial expense. The man- from the minor league is looking for money when he decides to make a change, while the collegian 1 seeing primarily ror a chance. If the latter "comes through" Be need not fear that the money will not be forthcoming In! due time. But at the tart he Is, in nine cases out of ten, "bar gain" material. One thing that Mr. Ebbets forgets, however, is that it is something of an art to pick up the cream of the collegians very year, and that as a rule it re quires just as much expert scouting, as it does to anare the wily professional, aW though, aa a matter of fact, .a few of the I professionals have been Innocent enough. Chance and Mack have been the leaders In the gathering in of the festive college ball players. The University of Illinois baa for years been practically a feeder for the Cubs, and there is no better school for young men who care to keep on at the professional game than this particu lar Institution. 'Connie Mack confines himself to no particular school of ball playing, but has the "dope" on the col lege teams all over the country. ' He is a poor youngster, indeed,' whose record I not down in Connie's ' good books, and kept right up to the minute, year after year.- ,'. ' - : It takes system to get results in any thing connected with base ball. Some times the system' has done harm to the collegians, notably in the case of one 'of the ciarkaons some years ago, but the fact remains that the big club owner or manager cannot sit down in, his office and expect the s malls to bring him in applications from all the star : college ball players throughout the country. Hanr Collea-tana In Game. ' ' In 1B1V there were fifty-seven ex-college men in the two major leagues, : and the percentage has fluctuated but llttlo since that time. Many of. these young men fail to keep the pace, but it is rarely through any difficulty in handling them. They, come to, the. big leagues already thoroughly disciplined and with an inter est in the team that goes far deeper than alary. Half the time it Is necessary to keep them from over-working themselves rather than to prod them. . They take kindly to coaching, and they, do not have to go through the hazing that was their lot in the old days., . The professional branch of the. national game is deeply indebted to such Institu tions as Notre Dame, Illinois, . Cornell, Georgetown, Vlllanova, . Vermont, Wash ington, Wisconsin, .Pennsylvania State, Fordham, Princeton, Williams, Amherst and Virginia. Some of the best known players who first came out while ft college are Chance of Chicago, from Washington; Mathewson of New York, from Bucknell; Collins of Philadelphia, from Columbia, and Stahl of Boston, from Illinois. A full list of the collegians now In the professional ranks would take up a deal of space. J , , But if President Ebbets is to keep pace with this branch of scouting he will have to systematise it and take a leaf from Connie Mack's book. , The following . opinion of the college ball player in the professional ranks, by Thomas J., Lynch, president of the Na tional league, was called forth some time ago by a query from the editors of the Tale News, who were anxious to get a headquarters . view. , What , Lynch , wrote in reply is as true today aa it was the hour it was written. . . "The college base , ba" player," , wrote Lynch, t"ln, the professional, league is an asset of which every club owner recog nises the , true value, These collegians who demonstrate their ability to play the fast base ball necessary for admission into the big league, and who desire for any reason to adopt' this means of llvell lwo4 for either temporary or extended periods,, are eagerly sought after by the scouts and executives of the various clubs. There, are a number of reasons why such players are of great, value to league clubs. . "In the first place, they fcrlng with them from the college campus that spirit of true sportsmanship and determination to win which they have learned In .college, WESTERN WOMEN DEVELOP Eastern TennisaFlayers Beginning to Eecognize Sisters. CALIFORNIANS HAED HITTERS and which is a peculiar feature of all university sports., Through discipline and educational advantages they are particu larly amenable to suggestions and easy to manage. As a rule they come to the clubs In excellent physical condition, and understand thoroughly both the necessity and the methods necessary . to maintain such form. Their training has taught them the benefits to be derived from" such a course, and they have few habits which cause the club managers concern.' '.'Their whole career' previous to enter ing the big games has been of Instruction, which enables them to grasp the finer points of base ball as played In the big leagues - and the futility of attempting to transgress the 'rules and regulations laid down to preserve the Integrity of the game. While the . college player Is anxious to win every, game possible for his club he does not carry his aggressive ness to the point , which brings him Into unpleasant contact --with . umpire or spectator. . - , College Boy, HaV Aptltnae. "I am led to believe from, my observa tions covering a lohg'perlor 'of years that the average collegian who takes up base ball as 'a serious ( business - proposition soon finds his way into the major leagues. He has that aptitude and discrimination which enables him 'to ascertain for him self his pergonal ability In base, ball. If he Is satisfied that his game is equal to that played on the big circuits and really desired to adopt base ball as a means of livelihood the club owners are ready and willing to try hlpi . out, - and such trials usually lead the ; managers to coincide with the player as ' to ' his worth and qualifications. "From ' personal experience; and 'talks with the owners of the big clubs I know that 'there Is a field in the professional leagues for those , college players who desire to continue, the game after' leav ing their universities. .They are a credit to base ball and a, big help in. maintain ing the standards, set by the owners and officers of the big league clubs." Thla ia Dae, it ! Believed, to the Fact that the Courts In the Cali fornia Center Are Made of Asphalt. NEW YORK, Aug. 24 -Wlth many ex cellent women tennis players in the east there is at present no one likely to dis pute the claims for supremacy of the wonderful collection of women players that havo come out of the far wost since Miss Mary Sutton first made the Pacific coast famous among racquet wielders. Miss Sutton was followed by Miss Hazel Hotchkiss, now Mrs. O. W. Wightman, who in turn took the highest honors by winning the woman's national champion ship. No sooner had Mrs. Wightman retired, at least temporarily, than another juvenile, wonder was unearthed In Miss Mary Browne, a girl In her ic-'nf, who proved an able successor by winning in the final of the, national event this year from Miss Adelaide Browning of tno Ardsley club, who battled pluckiiy but unsuccessfully for the east agaui. the Invader from the coast CARTOON LOADED WITH SOBS Homer Davenport's . , First Job . Lifted the Md of Editor's '' Tear Tank. Not' very long before he died Homer Davenport, the cartoonist, got to talking with some friends about the early years of his pursuit of art. His first sketch, as he recalled it, was of a stove, in answer to a demand from the advertising depart ment. That stove was so whopper-jawed. so slab-sided, so decrepit, that, in response to the next demand from the advertising department, young Mr. Davenport moved on. "But I kept learning a little more about the game," said he. "I watched the things that, other men were doing, until by and by I felt myself competent to take another position as an artist. It was on a little western paper. The editor frankly told me that he could not afford even the small salary he paid me. but he had a sporting streak In him. He would take a chance. , He paid the 'I1.12 laundry bill I had accumulated and paid my board a week in advance,' and by the ex penditure of a total of $12 placed me on the sunny side of Easy street. Then he sent me out on my first assignment. I wanted to make a hit ' and -1 put every thing I knew Into the picture I drew. The assignment had been to cover the funeral of a well known town character, and I deDtcted a lonely grave - In a cemetery, ! surrounded by tottering, drunken tombstones. The grave was but half filled. The grave digger was lean ing on 'his spade and the wreath of flowers ' purchased, by ' the) friends of the deceased; had been 'carelessly .thrown against (the 'pile of wet brown earth. An unhappy, dog howled in the background and the rain was falling in long, slanting lines. A ob came up in my throat when I viewed my completed work. That would have brought tears to the eyes of the mummy, .Rameses. ;; Immediately after I turned It in thei editor, sent for' me. Davenport,' said he, "I'm a tender hearted man, and I-can't c.btar the . sight of that appalling .-.picture:. you have Just drawn. More than that Davenport, I feel that I can never bear to -see -you again. I know that I'd burst Mnto tears; If I1 met you anywhere atter this day. .And while I'm crying,., pavenport.'y he continued, : 'you want to take It on the run. . Because If I get-to thinking about "that $12 I'll kill you. "-Cincinnati,' Times-Star. Various Reasons. Various reasons are advanced lor the superiority of the California women, whose precocity is as marked as their skill .with the racquet. . But the one most favored is suggested by one of the men players from the same district. The Californlans are tremendously hard hit ters for women and very fast in cover ing the court. This is due, it is believed, to the fact that the courts at the .lolden Gate are of asphalt and the bull travels so fast that from the moment t'.iey be gin to handle a racquet the players nave to show speed in order to keep pace with -the ball at all. When they play on the comparatively slow courts in the east their natural speed gives than) an im mense advantage over the girU heie who have had their education u grass courts or on clay. Eastern vtomen by no means .'lava given up the Mruggle to recover the laurels that usd to come so easily for them, and the great Improvement . shown by Miss drowning leads to the Delief that In the near future the rising generation will copy the methods of the visit )rs and put up a winning fight fo- the tltte. Miss Browning' Is only 18 yea old arid much of, her skill is due to v. aching re ceived frm Miss Hotchkiss, who visited her at Aidsley in the Intervals of her campaign . lit year. Added to this the Ardsley girl received many po :iter3 from Jimmy Burns, the club profesi onal. She proved a.i apt pupil, and in ancthor sea son or two may be able to turn the tables on her conqueror. The Eastern Brigade. Miss Louise Harmond was another who was looked on with favor as a possible contender until she married and lost much of her enthusiasm for battles at the net. Probably one of the most successful of the eastern brigade is Mrs. Barger Wallach. who plays a remarkable game considering that she has only one effec tive stroke, a forehand drive. Tom Pettlt, the Newport coach, developed this stroke so well that Mrs. Barger Wallach won the championship, , and , this was thought a great feat in view of the fact that an underhand service is the only one at Mrs. Wallach's command and that she is unable to volley from overhead. Pettlt taught her the science of anticipat ing the direction of the returns, so that by an early start for the ball she was able to get in position to use the fore hand stroke where a less active court coverer would have had to depend on a backhand delivery Miss Eleanor Sears, one of the greatest if not the peer of any all around woman athlete, Is another that, might have at tained the highest honors in tennis but for the fault of unsteadiness in her game. Miss Sears boxes, fences, rides and plays polo and golf better than many men and has the strtngth necessary for a really successful , tennis placer, but lacks the fineness which is the, accompaniment of every champion at, the lawn game. , ' Had the . Californlans , made their in vasion when 'Miss Bessie Moore was in her prime there might have been a dif ferent story' to tell of tho relative merits of the east and the west. Miss Moore has won more championships .than any other woman player, but at the present time-is unable to hold her own with tho speedy young experts. Miss Marie Wag ner is another New York girt who lacks but one essential to make her a champion. That is confluence ' in her own ability. She is prone to be overawed' by the Im portance' of the contest and it is only when' she forgets that 'there ' are spec tators - watehlng and begins to play as H the match were for fun that she shows the excellence of her game. - . t,t-iimriiiwreiMiiiM , ; . How It's Done - Lady (to shoe' clerk) I should like to get a pair of shoes. " . Clerk-Yes, ma'am. What slseT Lady Size three. ' Clerk Yes, ma'am. Just let me mea ure your foot. : ' Lady But I told you the rise. Clerk-Ys, ma'am; but we have three siies of size three else three for a slse three foot, size three for a slse four foot and size three for a sn flv foot Judge. 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